G20/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is making an unconventional gambit to restart nuclear negotiations with North Korea, inviting dictator Kim Jong Un to meet him Sunday at the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea. Kim didn’t immediately accept the last-minute offer, but Trump said he would go to the heavily fortified border regardless, and just may step across into North Korea territory while there…Trump’s invitation took world leaders, and even some of his own advisers, by surprise. Indeed, the president claimed that he had only come up with the concept hours before tweeting it out. And goodwill between the two counties has also cooled since Trump cut short his second summit with Kim Jong Un in February, putting a freeze on months of nuclear negotiations. North Korea welcomed the request but said it was waiting for an official proposal. ‘I consider this a very interesting suggestion, but we have not received any official proposal,’ said Choe Son-hui, North Korea’s first vice foreign minister, in a statement carried on the official Korean News Agency.”
–Anita Kumar and Matthew Choi, “Trump’s DMZ gambit with Kim aims to restart nuclear talks,” Politico, June 28, 2019 7:37 pm